Mar.22, Dr. Berkman, President of Cleveland State University, and other professors visited HANBAN and Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB). Dr. Berkman had communication with Dr. Lin Xu, Director of Hanban, and Dr. Jiaqiong Wang, President of CUEB. The two presidents signed the MOU on the Council of Confucius Institute between CUEB & CSU.

Mar.24, Six from CI at CSU participated in the Eastern United States “Chinese Bridge”

Preliminary Competition in Confucius Institute at Pittsburgh. The competition aimed at showing the Chinese language level of competitors through speech on Chinese theme and the talent show contest on Chinese culture. The topics of speech were about Chinese culture, history, education, economic development, and the study experience in China. After the intense competition, two of them from CI at CSU won second prize in the primary group and received the qualification to go to New York for the final.

pr. 7, Two students from CI at CSU participated in the Eastern United States “Chinese Bridge” Final Competition in the Confucius Institute at Pace University. The competition in the morning was the speech contest of the preliminary group. The competition in the afternoon was the talent show on Chinese culture of the preliminary group and the impromptu performance of the senior group. Contestants in different contest links showed their Chinese language skills and diversified talent skills on Chinese culture. In the end, two students from CI at CSU won third prize.

5月16日，旅美画家，音乐家王广生先生在校园国际学校举办两场义务讲座：中国画及二胡演奏欣赏。

May.16, Mr. Guangsheng Wang,painter and musician, held two compulsory lectures in Campus International School: Chinese painting and appreciation of Er Hu.

5月21日，克利夫兰州立大学孔子学院参加了在克利夫兰中国城举办的亚洲艺术节。CIS学生表演了精彩的节目。

May.21, CI at CSU participated in the Asian Art Festival held in Cleveland’s Chinatown. CIS students performed in the festival.

6月11日，中国驻纽约总领事馆教育处常全生领事到克利夫兰州立大学孔子学院进行调研， 肯定了我们孔院的成就。

Jun.11, Mr. Quansheng Chang, Education Consul of the Consulate General of PRC in New York, carried on the research and study in CI at CSU.

Jul.1529, Eighteen high school students from Cleveland participated in the “Chinese Bridge” Summer Camp and two of them won “Outstanding Camper” title. All the participants thought the trip to China is meaningful and they gained much, learned pure Chinese and had a deep understanding of Chinese culture. Lots of students hoped to lengthen the exchanging time, some students hoped to study in China after graduation, and some students wanted to travel to other cities in China.

9月1日，2位孔子学院奖学金获得者，赴中国同济大学进修中文。

Sep.1,Two CI at CSU scholarship winners went to Tongji University to study Chinese.

Sep.21, Dr. Anthony Yen, Chairman of Board of Trustee of CI at CSU, invited Dr. Jason Lin, Vice Chairman at Cleveland Chinese Cultural Garden Association, and Director, Associate directors of CI at CSU, to plant trees in the Cleveland Chinese Cultural Garden The hoped that the friendship between China and America could grow stronger like the just-planted trees.

Sep.24, CI at CSU and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences held a lecture on Confucian Thought at Cleveland First Unitarian Church. The lecture let Cleveland residents, especially the Chinese language learners, know more about traditional Chinese philosophy. The lecture of special subject of Confucian Thought promoted the understanding of Chinese culture of American teachers and students.

Oct.2, CI at CSU held the annual Teacher Appreciation Day Celebration to honor Confucius’ birthday. In the celebration activities, the primary and middle school students in Cleveland offered a choreographed Chinese talent show to present their Chinese language ability. Around 600 participants recorded the highest and the all activities hosted by the Confucius Institute.

10月5日，克利夫兰州立大学孔子学院与克利夫兰州立大学商学院合办中国经济和政治改革研讨会。孔子学院理事会主席及院长分别在会上发言。

Oct.5, CI at CSU and the College of Business at Cleveland State University held conference on China's economic and political reform. The chairman of Board of Trustees of CI at CSU and the director of CI at CSU gave speeches at the conference.

Dec.2: CI at CSU successfully held the first HSK-IBT test. The first successful HSK-IBT test represented a milestone of the development of the CI at CSU. It was believed that with the passion of Chinese language learning, more and more students would hope to study and work in China. More and more students would take HSK-IBT test.

Dec.14-18: Director of the CI at CSU attended the 7th Global Confucius Institute Conference at Beijing. The theme of the conference was “to advance the integration of Confucius Institute into universities and communities.” The three-day conference discussed “the system of Confucius Institute and universities in other countries,” “the development of Confucius Institute and universities in China,” “the system of Confucius Institute and national education,” and “Confucius Institute and community culture."